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Don’t become a fitness freak like I was!!

I became a fitness freak after being overweight for most of my childhood. When I was overweight, I would secret eat. I’d binge eat lots of chocolate when nobody was watching. I’d eat away my feelings. It was the comfort I didn’t know how to give myself. Which as you can imagine had negative effects Read More…

STRESS LESS LOSE MORE

Stress is making you struggle with your weight! Any time I’ve been really happy and present in my life I’ve not looked for distraction in the usual things. Food. Retail therapy. Validation from others. Alcohol. Have you ever thought the same for yourself? The thing about stress is that it makes you do things, to Read More…

YOU MIGHT NOT NEED MORE DISCIPLINE

Most of us know what we need to do more of in life. But that’s not the problem, the problem is doing it consistently. For some reason there’s a gap between what we say we are going to do and what we do. Snacking of an evening. Scrolling social media. You name it, it’s a Read More…

Why diet culture is so toxic…

I hope me and you can agree that everything we do comes down to our emotions and logic? These dictate our decision making and what we prioritise daily. We can kind of control our thinking but it’s a different story with feelings. Feelings are more powerful and hard wired into our identity. We crave motivation Read More…

SHOULD YOU AIM TO BE SKINNY OR STRONG

  We all know that intention without action is useless. But also, action without intention is a waste of energy. One step further than that, I’d say your intentions with fat loss can either make or break your results. For example, intending to improve your health for your own energy and confidence will create a Read More…

STOP BELIEVING THIS ABOUT WEIGHT TRAINING!

  There are many pre conceived ideas people have about weight training/resistance training. But Brenton… “I want to lose body fat first before I try that” “I don’t want to get big and bulky lifting weights” “I don’t want to get injured lifting weights” “I think I’m too old to be lifting weights” All four Read More…